Pakistan had sent help to Sri Lanka to deal with Cyclone Ditvaah, but the expiry date on those food packets was October 2024. Pakistan had sent several packets including water, milk powder and flour. Pakistan High Commission Sri Lanka had shared a post related to this on Facebook on November 30, after which Pakistan started being criticized on social media. The expiry date is clearly visible written in the picture of the relief material.

There was a stir after the post of Pakistan High Commission

After this action of Pakistan on social media, users are criticizing it a lot. Sri Lanka is facing heavy floods due to Cyclone Ditvaha. The deaths of 390 people have been confirmed so far. Pakistan High Commission posted on Twitter, “Relief packages have been successfully delivered from Pakistan to assist our brothers and sisters affected by the recent floods in Sri Lanka, which is a symbol of our unwavering solidarity.”

‘Instead of throwing it in the garbage, sent it to Sri Lanka’

While sharing the pictures released by the Pakistan High Commission, a user wrote, “Pakistan chose to send spoiled food items to Sri Lanka instead of throwing them in the garbage.” Another user shared pictures of the packet of biscuits and said that these are biscuits made in Sri Lanka and not from Pakistan. He wrote, “These are Sri Lankan biscuits. These do not look like relief packages from Pakistan.”

Instead of disposing in garbage, Pakistan chose to send its expired food materials to flood hit Sri Lanka pic.twitter.com/nqpsukHRNv

— Rishi Bagree (@rishibagree) December 2, 2025

Another user wrote, “Pakistan is supplying expired food items. A country which is unable to feed its people is supplying expired food items to Sri Lanka as flood relief.” Many users have called Pakistan shameless for this act.

Pakistan Supplying Expired Food

A Country That Cannot Afford to Feed its Own People is supplying Food That Expired 1 Year and 1 Month ago as relief Material to Sri Lanka Floods https://t.co/P7tqssZ6rc pic.twitter.com/0ybRyUDupW

— INDIAN (@hindus47) December 2, 2025

India exposed Pakistan

India termed as fake the reports in Pakistani media which said that India did not allow Pakistan to fly over its airspace to send humanitarian aid to Sri Lanka. The official said that Pakistan had made an official request on Monday at around 1 pm (Indian time) seeking permission to fly over Indian airspace.

According to officials, since the request was to send humanitarian aid to Sri Lanka, India quickly approved it and informed Pakistan through official channels at 5:30 pm (Indian time) on Monday. After Operation Sindoor, India and Pakistan are not using each other’s airspace.

Floods and landslides caused by Cyclone Ditva in Sri Lanka have killed 132 people, 176 people are missing and 78 thousand have been displaced. Meanwhile, Pakistan sent humanitarian aid to Sri Lanka, which has become a cause of international controversy. The food items and medicines sent by Pakistan to help the people of Sri Lanka have expiry date 2024 written on them.

Sri Lankan officials said that Pakistan had sent medicines, food packets and some essential items for the flood victims, many of which had expired. Sri Lanka’s disaster management and foreign affairs departments have called it a matter of grave concern and have sought a formal explanation from Pakistan.

Cyclone Ditva wreaked havoc in Sri Lanka on November 28, in which 132 people died, 176 people went missing and 78 thousand people were displaced. Amidst this disaster, Pakistan, claiming brotherhood, announced immediate assistance and on 29 November, a Pakistani Navy ship reached Colombo port carrying several tons of relief material. This includes food packets, medicines, first aid kit, dry ration, tents and other essential items.

On November 30, the Embassy of Pakistan in Sri Lanka posted a post and wrote, ‘Relief packages from Pakistan were successfully delivered to the flood affected brothers and sisters of Sri Lanka. This is a symbol of our unbreakable unity. Pakistan always stands with Sri Lanka. When Sri Lankan officials examined the goods, many packets were found to have an expiry date of 2024. Medical supplies and food items were found spoiled. After the matter came to light, the Pakistan Embassy deleted the post.

Sri Lanka’s disaster management and foreign affairs departments have expressed serious concern over this. Officials have expressed their displeasure with Islamabad both formally and informally. Officials say that when the country is going through such a dire situation, this incident has raised doubts on Pakistan’s honesty and capability in sending relief material.

On the other hand, India has allowed Pakistan to use Indian airspace to send relief material to Sri Lanka. This is an important development between the two countries after Operation Sindoor. However, earlier Pakistani media had claimed that New Delhi had refused to allow Pakistani aircraft to enter its airspace, while Indian officials said that Pakistan’s request had been processed within a few hours.

According to officials, on the same day at around 1 pm on December 1, Pakistan had given a formal request to fly in Indian airspace and after four hours it was given clearance. He said that it was processed with a minimum notice period of 4 hours.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a warning on Friday (28 November 2025) saying that cyclonic storm ‘Ditvah’ is active over the coastal areas of Sri Lanka and South-West Bay of Bengal. The storm has moved in the north and north-west direction at a speed of 10 km per hour in the last 6 hours.

• The center of the storm was located 50 km south of Trincomalee, 70 km north-west of Batticaloa and 220 km north of Hambantota, while it was located 460 km south-east of Puducherry, India and 560 km south-east of Chennai.
• The Meteorological Department said that the storm is moving rapidly and will reach the Bay of Bengal near the coastal areas of North Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and South Andhra Pradesh by the morning of 30 November. IMD has issued warning of danger of rain and wind for many states.
• Heavy to extremely heavy rain is forecast in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Friday and Saturday, while some places may receive more than 20 cm of rain. Rain is likely to reduce slightly on November 30, but heavy rainfall may also occur at some places.
• Rain may start in South Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema from Friday. Here, heavy rains may continue on 29th to 30th November and heavy rains may also continue on 1st to 2nd December respectively.
• There is a possibility of heavy rain in Kerala and Lakshadweep region also. There are chances of heavy rain in Telangana on 30 November and 1 December.
• Due to the impact of the storm, there is a possibility of wind speed of 60-100 km per hour in various coastal areas. Gale-force winds will blow on South Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Sri Lanka and South Andhra coasts.
• IMD has completely banned sea fishing till December 1. Boats already in the sea have been advised to immediately move to safe places. People have been advised to stay safe in their homes.